• Assist with, and may lead, the assessment, testing, validation, and documentation of the current security technology infrastructure, including next-gen firewalls, IDS, IPS, SIEM, PAM, sandboxes, encryption, endpoint protection, NAC, and others; provide recommendations that significantly improve the institution's threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities in innovative ways.
• Demonstrated ability to configure and maintain security infrastructure SW and HW to protect enterprise-wide mission-critical systems and information resources through continuous security monitoring.
• Assist in the assessment, planning, development, and documentation of the enterprise-level IT security strategy and architecture as directed by TTU Enterprise IT Security management.
• Provide support to team members and other staff regarding system and data safeguard best practices.
• Will support TTU's Enterprise IT Security team members.
• Will assist with the development and production of security metrics, analytics, and reports as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor, EITS leadership, CISO, or CIO.
• Maintains an active awareness of the evolving security threat landscape.
• Maintains an active awareness of federal, state, and local regulations, policies, and industry standards.
• Interface with users, vendors, or other stakeholders. May interface with key IT leadership and/or other functional leadership from the TTU system institutions.
• Adheres to all appropriate institutional policies (including IT OPs) and other relevant internal department policies.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in cybersecurity, computer science, MIS, IT, or other related area plus seven years related full-time paid experience OR a combination of related education and/or experience.
• Applicants for this Security Sensitive Level II position will be subject to a criminal background check and must pass a drug and alcohol test after a conditional offer of employment has been extended, but before employment can be confirmed.

Preferred Qualifications:

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